Thank you very much, Chair.
I'd like to thank each of the witnesses for taking the time to be here and for sharing their expertise and knowledge.
Ms. Soroka, you're very close to where I am, even though you're in another province. I'm located in Lloydminster. There's a lot of transportation back and forth for a lot of people in my community and riding to Edmonton.
You talked about wraparound services without saying it and their importance. It's important that wraparound services be embedded not only in housing but, I would argue, in every area when we're looking at social services. Sometimes people just need that extra support to boost them up and help them out.
We have a great organization in Lloydminster. It's on the Alberta side of the border. We have our own issues when it comes to funding because we have some things that are physically located on the Alberta side and others on the Saskatchewan side. You have residents on either side and you have governments saying, “That's not our responsibility because that's not our citizen.” At the end of the day, homelessness and addiction know no bounds, and people need to be treated like people.
The organization that we have is called Residents in Recovery. It is a great model. It's people living together. It's accountability and community. It's that number that you talked about of eight to 10 people who are together and really helping each other out, which is important.
I just wanted to make a note of the importance of those wraparound services.
Throughout this study, we've heard testimony on the importance of prevention in reducing homelessness. I'm just wondering, based on your organization's experience, what prevention measures you believe are most effective in helping people avoid homelessness.